Events

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Type	Date Span	Title
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, May 29, 1866	Major-General Ambrose Everett Burnside is inaugurated as the thirtieth governor of Rhode Island.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, May 29, 1866	In Saratoga, New York, the Congress Hall Hotel burns to the ground the day before its annual opening
Personal	Tue, May 29, 1866	Legendary American soldier General Winfield Scott dies in his lodgings at West Point, New York
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, May 30, 1866	In Boston, the Massachusetts State House adjourns after a five month session.
Education/Culture	Wed, May 30, 1866	In Prague, Bedřich Smetana's opera "The Bartered Bride" has its first performance
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, May 31, 1866 - Sun, June 3, 1866	The Church of God holds its eighth triennial conference in Decatur, Illinois.
Personal	Fri, June 1, 1866	General Winfield Scott is laid to rest at the Military Academy Cemetery at West Point
US/the World	Fri, June 1, 1866	Irish nationalists launch a Fenian invasion across the Niagara River into Canada from American soil
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, June 1, 1866	Stringent Sunday "blue laws" come into effect across the state of Maryland.
Settlers/Immigrants	Fri, June 1, 1866	Minnesota estimates its current population at around 310,000 people.
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, June 2, 1866	In southern Ontario, Fenian invaders push back Canadian militia at the Battle of Ridgway
US/the World	Sun, June 3, 1866	On the Niagara River, U.S. naval units arrest Fenian invaders as they retreat back into the United States
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, June 4, 1866	In a hotly contested state and federal election, Oregon Republicans win narrow victories.
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, June 5, 1866	The Reformed Dutch Church holds its annual synod in New York City.
Crime/Disasters	Thu, June 7, 1866	In Ireland, firefighters fail to save six people trapped in a Dublin housefire.
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 8, 1866	Anton Probst, murderer of an entire family in the "Deering Massacre," is executed in Philadelphia
Crime/Disasters	Sun, June 10, 1866	In a unique accident near London, three English freight trains collide inside a tunnel and burn.
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, June 11, 1866	The House of Representatives passes a non-binding resolution that Jefferson Davis be tried for treason
Personal	Wed, June 13, 1866	Moses Odell, influential New York Democrat and friend of Abraham Lincoln, dies of cancer in Brooklyn.
Crime/Disasters	Thu, June 14, 1866	In northern England, a mining disaster kills thirty-seven coal miners.
Crime/Disasters	Fri, June 15, 1866	Survivors from a burned clipper-ship reach Hawaii after forty-three days on the Pacific in an open boat.
US/the World	Fri, June 15, 1866	Prussia declares war on the German states of Hanover, Saxony, and Hesse.
Personal	Sat, June 16, 1866	New York U.S. Congressman James Humphrey dies suddenly at his home in Brooklyn.
Personal	Sun, June 17, 1866	In Detroit, Michigan, Democratic Party giant Lewis Cass dies at the age of eighty-three.
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, June 17, 1866	The Primitive Methodist Church of the United States meets in Wisconsin at its annual conference.
Battles/Soldiers	Sun, June 17, 1866	The United States Army begins its incursion into Native-American territory along the Bozeman Trail.
US/the World	Mon, June 18, 1866	Austrian troops cross into eastern Prussia setting off full war between Prussia and Austria.
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, June 20, 1866	Vermont Republicans meet in Montpelier to nominate candidates for the fall elections.
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, June 20, 1866	Italy, allied to Prussia, declares war on the Austrian Empire.
US/the World	Fri, June 22, 1866	In Madrid, a mutiny of artillerymen led by their sergeants rocks Spain before being suppressed.